Glove-fasten ing



(No Model.) A. G. MATHER. GLOVE FASTENING.

No. 466,503. Patented Jan. 5, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO c. MATIIEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,503, dated January5, 1892.

Application filed April 21, 1891. $eriel No. 389,779. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALONZO O. MATHER, of Chicago, county of Cook, in theState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGlove-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, efficient, and strongfastening for ladies kid gloves in the nature of a hook without prongsor upset eyelets, on account of the fineness of the material used ingloves of this kind and sensitiveness of ladies wrists to projections ofprongs or upset eyelets. By reference to the accompanying drawings itwill be seen that by constructing the gloves in the manner shown I amenabled to insert my hook between the tapes with the back restingagainst and over the welt of the glove, which holds it in a perfectlyfirm and secure place without any other fastening than that of a fewstitches.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same letters refer to thesame parts, Figure 1 is a plan View of the wrist of the glove. Fig. 2 isone of my hooks, as shown in perspective, as struck up from metal blankof suitable size and form. Fig. 3 is a side view with the glove shown insections to more clearly illustrate my invention. Fig. 4: is a side viewwith a few stitches applied to more securely hold the hook in its place.Fig. 5 is a back view with the hook in its place and the glove partlyshown in sections. Fig.6 represents the manner in which I construct theslit of my glove in order to apply my hook, as it will be more fullyexplained hereinafter.

In the drawings, Ais the hook; B, the head; 0, the neck, and D theshoulder.

12 is the shank, and F the base-plate.

a' is the kid or material from which the glove is made. E is the weltstitched to the edge thereof, and c are double tapes stitched to thefree edge of the welt E. d is a small hole cut through the kid, throughwhich I insert the base of my hook; also through the upper tape a. Itwill be observed that the instantIdraw my tape down to its place thelower seam of the Welt E will fold itself in against the upper seam ofthe welt, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, and the broad shoulder onthe base of my hook will draw itself securely into the crotch of thetape 0 0, its shank resting against and shoulder over the welt, makingthe whole construction firm and secure, as if it were secured by prongsor eyelets without even any sewing, except drawing the two tapes downand stitching theni in place under the main part of the glove. Iprovide, however, holes e e in the base-plate of my hook, through whichI can fasten and draw the tape to the material of which the glove ismade, still adding greater secureness to my construction without anyobjectionable project-ions to hurt the wrists, as shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. Aglove-fastening comprising a baseplateprovided with slots for a passingthread and having an oval head, a bent neck connected to the head, and ashank between the neck and base-plate, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of a hook comprising an oval head, bent neck, shank,and slotted base-plate, with a glove having a welt secured to its edgeand adapted to bear against the shank of the hook, and the tapes securedto the welt, passing above and below the baseplate, substantially asdescribed.

ALONZO c. MATHER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. 00E, J B. ALEXANDER.

